συνοδικός
April 24 / April 11
2018 (7526)
• Commemoration of the Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos at POCHAEV and the Leaving of her sacred Footprint there ("the Footprint") (1340)
That Icons draw us into the heavenly realm is miraculous enough; yet because of the faithlessness of people throughout history, God has continued to work miracles through material objects, including Holy Images. This is just one story about one miracle, performed through one single Icon: the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. Pochaev mountain is in the west of Kyvian Rus, now in modern-day Ukraine, and it is there in the 14th century, that an appearance of the Mother of God with her Saviour was granted to two monks and a nearby shepherd. After the vision, a single footprint remained in the mountainside, from which a spring emerged. The previously uninhabited mountain became the site of a monastery dedicated to the miracle. Over 200 years later, the monastery was visited by the a Greek Bishop, Neophit, who left behind as a gift, an Icon of the Theotokos from Constantinople. This is the Icon which came to bear the monastery’s name: the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. In 1675, a Turkish army made its way to Pochaev mountain, determined to expand the Dar al-Islam. The monastery, being a monastery, was incapable of withstanding an assault, and so despite the presence of armed defenders many gave up hope that Pochaev could survive. On the morning of July 23 (August 5 in the modern, Gregorian calendar), Pochaev’s abbot instructed the monastics to ask for the intercessions of the Mother of God and Job, a previous monk whose relics were laid in the monastery. With the Turks massed at the foot of the mountain preparing their assault, the monks began their Heavenly petitions before the Icon of the Mother of God: “O Queen of the Heavenly Hosts…” With these words, a vision of the Mother of God appeared in the sky, with the monk Job beside her in prayerful petition, along with an army of angels, swords unsheathed. At this appearance, the defenders were over-joyed, whilst the besieging Turks were terrified. Such is the polarizing power of Heavenly Images. In panic, the Turks fired arrows into the sky at the image but the arrows simply fell back to earth upon the attackers. Further panicked, the Turks turned to flee, trampling each other in the process. The defenders rushed out of the monastery to take prisoners from the routed army. These prisoners later found freedom in Christ, and many stayed on as monks at Pochaev. The Icon above is a copy of the Pochaev Icon. The border of clouds represent the vision of Mary with her Child, Our Saviour, being heavenly. Underneath is the footprint upon which the monastery (also shown) was founded. The Pochaev Icon produced many other miracles over the years, and is still known as a wonder-working image to this day. Today is commemorated but one of these miracles.
• BIZHEVSKA Icon of the Mother of God at Zhytomyr
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρτινιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας
普罗切苏斯和玛尔提尼安是罗马监狱中的狱卒，当时他们看管在监狱中的使徒裴特若和帕弗罗。在听到使徒有关奇迹的一些见证后，他们二人接受了浸礼，并将这两位使徒释放了。使徒离开了罗马，但是在前往罗马的道路上，上帝出现在裴特若面前，裴特若问他道：“主，你往哪里去？”主回答说：“我去罗马，接受第二次钉死在十字架上。”使徒感到非常羞愧，他们返回了罗马，接受了逮捕和杀戮。一同殉道的还有这两位狱卒普罗切苏斯和玛尔提尼安。
They were jailers in the Roman prison that held Sts Peter and Paul, and came to faith in Christ through the witness of the two holy Apostles. After receiving baptism, Processus and Martinian released the saints from prison. As the Apostles were leaving Rome, the Lord appeared to Peter on the Appian way. When Peter asked him where he was going, he replied, "To Rome, to be crucified once again." Abashed, the Apostles returned to Rome to face their martyrdom. Processus and Martinian were beheaded along with St Paul.
• Hieromartyr DOMNINUS 多穆尼诺 bishop of Salona in Dalmatia, and 8 Soldiers with him: ANASTASIUS, MAURUS, ASTERIUS, SEPTIMIUS, SULPICIANUS, THELIUS (Terlius), ANTIOCHIANUS, PAULIANUS, CAIANUS (Calianus) (100)
One of the first to enlighten Dalmatia, where he was martyred as first Bishop of Salona, probably during the persecution of Diocletian.
• Hosiosmartyrs Virgins TRYPHAENA (also Tryphaine, Triphena, Tryphaenes, Tryphene, Tryphena or Tryphaina) and MATRONA at Cyzicus (Kyzikos) on the Hellespont (present day Balkiz near Erdek in Turkey) (1st c.)
Οἱ Ὁσίες Τρυφαίνη καὶ Ματρώνα οἱ ἐν Κυζίκῳ
• Venerables JAMES 雅各 abbot of Zhelezny Bor (1442) and his fellow-ascetic JAMES 雅各 of Bryleevsk (1470)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος τοῦ Ζελέζνϊυ – Μπορόκ
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος τοῦ Βρυλέεφ
• EUTHYMIUS 艾弗提弥 (1456) and CHARITON 哈里同 (1509) abbots of Syanzhema in Vologda
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Εὐθύμιος καὶ Χαρίτων
• Martyrs PETER 彼得 Zhukov and PROKHOR 普若霍尔 Mikhailov, of Tver (1918)
• New Hieromartyr NICOLAS 尼科拉 Gavarin, presbiter, priest (1870-1938) day of death in Ukhto-Pexherskij KZ, Komi ASSR
• Repose of Elder EULOGIUS of St George Kellion, Mt Athos (1948)
Achad-Finglas im County Carlow
• AGERICUS (Acry, Algéric, Agéric, Agery, Aguy, Airy) of Tours (680) a disciple of St Eligius (Eloi) who became Abbot of St Martin's in Tours in France
• Hieromartyr ANTIPAS 安提帕 bishop of Pergamus (92) disciple of St John the Theologian
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντίπας Ἐπίσκοπος Περγάμου
在《启示录》中曾经提到过安提帕：“我忠心的见证人安提帕在你们中间、撒旦所住的地方被杀”（启示录2：13）。遇害的地点就是帕加马。整个城市的居民处在敬拜偶像的黑暗、不洁净的生活之中。他们都被欲望所奴役。他们进行污蔑、乱伦和暴敛。换句话说，他们都是撒旦的奴隶。安提帕则如同“一盏黑暗中的明灯、如同荆棘中的玫瑰、如同泥土中的金子”一样，生活在众人之间。虽然他被人抓住和杀死，但是他在人们的眼中一直是一个义人。整个城市的人们都陷入占卜、解梦、敬拜魔鬼之中。魔鬼害怕安提帕，魔鬼在占卜者的梦中出现，告诉占卜者它们非常害怕安提帕，因此，必须离开这个城市。异教徒司祭召集了大量的人来反对安提帕，并开始质问并强迫他否认基督，敬拜偶像。安提帕对他们说：“你们称它们为神，但是它们却害怕我这么一个凡人，并要离开这个城市，由此，你们不认为你们的信仰是异常的吗？”安提帕还向他们讲述了只有基督信仰才是唯一真正的信仰，才能够使人获得拯救。这些异教徒非常气氛，如同野兽一样将年迈的安提帕拖拉到阿特米斯神殿中，在这座神殿前有一尊铜铸公牛。他们将铜牛烧红，然后将上帝的这位仆人放到了火热的铜牛中。在这火热的铜牛中，安提帕感谢、赞美上帝，如同鲸鱼腹内的约纳，或是如同火炉中的三位年轻人。安提帕为他的信众和整个世界祷告，直到他最终将灵魂交在上帝手里为止，由此，他得以进入基督的国度，同众天使在一起。安提帕的殉道时间是在公元92年，他得到了那荣耀的冠冕。
He is mentioned by name in the book of Revelation, where Christ says to the Church of Pergamum "I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is; and thou holdest fast to My Name, and hast not denied My Faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful Martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth" (Rev. 2:13). He was bishop of Pergamum and, during the reign of Domitian, when he was very old, was put into a bronze bull which was then heated in fire until he died. The Great Horologion notes that the faithful pray to St Antipas for ailments of the teeth.
• Hosiosmartyr BACCHUS of the Great Lavra of St Sabbas the Sanctified (8th c.)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βάκχος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας
• Sainted BARSANUPHIUS 瓦尔桑努斐 bishop of Tver (1576)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαρσανούφιος Ἐπίσκοπος Τβὲρ καὶ Καζάν
Sainted Varsonophii of Tver was born in the year 1495. In 1567 he was ordained bishop of Tver. He died at the Transfiguration monastery founded by him in the city of Kazan in the year 1576.
• CALLINICUS 卡利尼科 of Cernica, bishop of Rimnic in Romania (1868)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Καλλίνικος
• GEORGE the founder of the Monastery of Saint John Chrysostomos, north of Koutsovendis, in Cyprus (1070)
• GODEBERTHA (also Godeberta) 1st Abbess at Noyon, Pat. of Noyon, France (700)
Born near Amiens in France, in 657, St Godebertha became a nun at Noyon and was the first abbess of the convent founded there. She fell asleep in the Lord in 700.
• GUTHLAC 古特拉克 hermit of Crowland (673-714)
From being a warrior in the army of Ethelred, King of Mercia, Guthlac became a monk at Repton in England. Afterwards he went to live as a hermit in the fens, where he spent the last fifteen years of his life like a desert-father. Later the monastery of Crowland grew up at the place where he had lived.
• ISAAC of Spoleto (Isaac of Monteluco) (550) a Syrian monk who fled from the Monophysite persecution and founded a monastery in Monteluco near Spoleto. He was one of the restorers of ascetic life in 6th century Italy
• Venerable JOHN 约翰 of Thessalonika (820) disciple of St Gregory of Decapolis
• KURDUVA
• LEO the Great, Pope (461)
• Abbot MACCAI (5th c.) a disciple of St Patrick who founded a monastery on the Isle of Bute in Scotland, and was there honoured after his death
• MAODHG (Maedhog, Aedhan, Mogue) of Clonmore (6th c.) abbot whose main monastery was Clonmore in Ireland
The Irish Abbot Saint Maedhog of Clonmore, was closely associated with SS Onchu and Finan.
• PHILIP 斐利普 bishop of Gortyna, Crete (180)
• Venerable PHARMUTHIUS 法尔穆提 the Recluse, anchorite of Egypt (339)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Φαρμούθιος ὁ Ἀναχωρητὴς
Saint Pharmuphius lived during the fourth century at the same desert monastery where Saint John (March 29) lived in asceticism within a well, to whom Saint Pharmuphius gave food.
• Martyr TYKHON
• Virgin TELLA of Inis-Daighre, probably Inish-terry, County of Roscommon
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
愿上帝怜恤我罪人
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
for the sake of the prayers
of Thy most pure Mother,
our holy and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us.
Amen.
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Blessed be God.
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